THE NICE Ars Longa Vita Brevis 1968 UK IMMEDIATE 1st PRESS - MINT
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£ 111
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Feb 3, 2017
Sold Date
Jan 24, 2017
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£ 24
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THE NICE Ars Longa Vita Brevis 1968 UK IMMEDIATE 1st PRESS - MINT
THE NICEArs Longa Vita Brevis
UK IMMEDIATE (IMSP 020) FIRST ISSUE (November 1968)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - ONCE PLAYED THEN CAREFULLY STORED
PRESSED WITH THE PINK IMMEDIATE LABELS WHICH CARRY THE "SOLD IN UK…" STATEMENT
MATRICES: IMPS 020 - 1Y - 4 / IMPS 020 - 2Y - 4
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/P and 1/A
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER SLEEVE
Keith Emerson – keyboards
Lee Jackson – bass
Brian Davison – drums
Ars Longa Vita Brevis is the second album by the English progressive rock group The Nice.
Guitarist David O'List left the band during the recording of the album, leaving the remaining three members to complete it.
After flirting briefly with replacement guitarists (including Steve Howe, later to join Yes), The Nice decided to carry on as a keyboard-led trio.
The title is an aphorism attributed to Hippocrates usually rendered as "Art is long, life is short"; Keith Emerson's interpretation of this can be found in the liner note:
"Newton's first law of motion states a body will remain at rest or continue with uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by a force. This time the force happened to come from a European source. Ours is an extension of the original Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Yesterday I met someone who changed my life, today we put down a sound that made our aim accurate. Tomorrow is yesterday's history and art will still be there, even if life terminates."
Structurally the album started where its predecessor left off - shortish songs and extended work-outs based on classical themes - but a step forward was taken with the addition of an orchestra and the extended length of Ars Longa Vita Brevis itself, points the way to the later Five Bridges Suite if not the whole Prog genre.
Side 1:
"Daddy, Where Did I Come From" (Emerson, Jackson) - 3:44
"Little Arabella" (Emerson, Jackson) - 4:18
"Happy Freuds" (Emerson, Jackson) - 3:25
"Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite" / "Don Edito el Gruva" (Davison, Sibelius, Emerson, Jackson) - 9:09
Side 2:
"Ars Longa Vita Brevis" (Jackson, Emerson, Davison, O'List) - 19:20
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - one light spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but one or two inconsequential light marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/MINT
Plays as-new throughout and the closest to a full MINT you are ever likely to find - an odd one-off tick noted - absolutely nothing really - but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins (I prefer not to clean records unless absolutely necessary)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Apart from light storage rub to the laminated front and a ding on the spine which is beneath the laminate so happened at the factory, the cover is as crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
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